Downtime Quiz
Do you know the differences between downtime at the core versus the edge? How about the many causes of downtime or the cost? Take this quiz to learn more about you need to learn more about.
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1. What is the leading cause of downtime at the edge?
A. Water incursion
B. Cyberattack
C. Weather related
D. All of the above
2. What is the average cost per minute of an outage at the edge?
A. $100
B. $11,630
C. $1,000,000
D. None of the above
3. At the core, which of the following statements is true?
A. The biggest outages are becoming more expensive.
B. The biggest outages are becoming less expensive.
C. The smallest outages are becoming more expensive.
D. There is no way to quantify the cost of an outage at the core.
4. What is one characteristic of the edge that can make downtime prevention more difficult?
A. Lack of available technical resources
B. Sites are often in remote locations
C. Edge sites often keep critical applications running
D. All of the above
5. What is the average duration of an unplanned outage at the edge?
A. 60 seconds
B. 10 minutes
C. 45 minutes
D. 4 hours
6. Which type of redundancy is often deployed in highly critical operations?
A. N
B. N+1
C. N+N
D. None of the above
7. Which of the following is a way to prevent against unplanned outages?
A. Invest in improved equipment
B. Preventative maintenance
C. Annual audit or assessment
D. All of the above
8. Which of the following is a way to prevent against unplanned outages?
A. Invest in improved equipment
B. Preventative maintenance
C. Annual audit or assessment
D. All of the above
9. Who should be trained to restore systems quickly?
A. Administrative assistants
B. First responders
C. Everyone in the building
D. IT personnel only
